Penholder.



H. J. GREEN.

'PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 25. I917.

1,292,762. Patented Jan. 28,1919.

H Wor may HAROL OS'EPH GREEN, or AUCKLAND, NEW Z'EALAND. I

PENHOLDER.

siiecifie'atioii of Letters recent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.-

Appl ationfiled (water 25. 1917. Serial No. 198,359.

To all whom itmay concern: 1

Be it known that I, HAROLD JOSEPH GREEN,

a citizen of the Dominion ofNew Zealand,

and residing at 131 Ponsonby road, Ant-k land, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to penholders and provides a construction whereby a used pen is readily ejected when a fresh pen is required, and the usual soiling of the fingers and trouble in extracting the pen are avoided.

According to this invention the ordinary stem made of wood or the like and with a reduced end and shoulder, has a split socket,

' which fits tightly up on the said reduced end of the stem. The forward part of the socket has a longitudinal slot, and at the bottom of the slot are right angled slits. Rearwardly of the slots the socket has a longitudinal rib.

A split slide fits upon the socket and is freely slidable longitudinally thereon, but is prevented from turning around on the socket by a channel which fits upon the rib of the socket. The channel stops before it' reaches the rearward end of the slide so that the end thereof is adapted to engage the rearward end of the rib of the socket. The slide has circumferential corrugations or is roughened to afford a secure grip for the fingers.

The invention may be conveniently and advantageously carried into practice as shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1, is a side elevation, and

Fig. 2, is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the holder,

Fig. 3, is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the socket, and,

Fig. 4, is a plan of the socket,

Fig. 5, a cross section on line 55, Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the slide and Fig. 7 is a cross sectional elevation thereof.

The stem 1 is of ordinary construction with a reduced end 2 and shoulder 3. The split socket 4 fits tightly on the end 2, and at its forward end has a longitudinal slot 5, and at the bottom of the slot has right angled slits 6. From the slits 6 a longitudinal rib 7 extends for some distance rearwardly along the socket.

A split slide 8 Figs. 6 and 7 fits slidably upon the socket 4 and has a channel 9 which stops in advance of the rear end of the slide and which engages the rib 7 of the socket. The parts areassembled by sliding the slide 8 upon the socket 4 from its rear end and so that the channel 9 engages the rib 7. The end 2 of the stem 1 is then inserted in the socket. The pen 10 is laid upon the forward end of the socket 4 with its end in contact with the end of the rib 7, and the slide 8 is then pushed forward to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, where the rib 7 is in contact with the end of the channel 9 and prevents the slide from being pushed too far forward. .At the sides of the slot 5 the parts 12 of the socket form springs which yield when the slide 8 is pushed upon the pen 10.

To remove a pen 10 the slide 8 is grasped by its corrugations 11 and pulled backward to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The pen being in contact with the rib 7 is not drawn rearwardly by the rearward movement of the slide, but falls out or is pushed out by the springs 12 of the socket.

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:-

1. A penholder, which comprises a stem, a socket member fitting over one end of said stem and removable therefrom, a slide fitting over the exterior of said socket and between which and said socket the pen is held, said slide being slidable on the socket and limited in its rearwardmovement by engagement with the stem, and coacting engaging means on the socket and slide for limiting the forward movement of the slide, said slide being removable from the socket by a simple rearward movement when the socket is removed from the stem.

2. A penholder, which comprises a stem, :1 socket member fitting over one end of said stem and provided with an integral radial rib extending longitudinally thereof, and a slide fitting over the exterior of the socket member and between which and the socket the pen is held, said slide having a longitudinal groove extending from its front end to a point in advance of its rear end, said slide being mounted on and removed from the socket by simple forward and rearward movements respectively, said rib engaging the groove to prevent rotation of the slide and to limit its forward movement.

3. A penholder, which comprises a stem, a socket member fitting over one end of the stem, having at one side a longitudinal slit extending from front to rear thereof and at the opposite side an integral radial rib extending longitudinally at about the central portion of the socket, a second slit extend ing from said rib to the front end of the socket and laterally extending slits at the junction of said rib and second slit, and a slide fitting exteriorly over said socket having a groove coacting with said rib to limit name to this specification in the presence of 15 two witnesses.

HAROLD JOSEPH GREEN. Witnesses:

D. A. MoCoNNELL,

10 the forward movement of the slide, the pen H. DUNCAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 7

' Washington, D. G." 

